Means for returning hay-hoisting ropes



W J. WITT.

MEANS FOR RETURNING HAY HOISHNG ROPES. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 21. 1919.

Patented Feb. 10, 1920.

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WILLIAM J. WIT'I, 0F ERICSON, NEBRASKA.

MEANS FOR RETURNING I-IAY-HOISTING BIOIPES.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM J. WITT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ericson, in the county of Wheeler and State of Nebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Means for Return ing Hay-Hoisting Hopes; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in hay loading apparatus, and especially in the provision of means for returning the heavy hoisting rope after the load has been raised and released without the necessity of pulling same back by hand power.

The invention consists of a simple and efficient device of this character having various details of construction, combination and arrangement of parts which will be hereinafter fully described, shown in the accompanying drawings and then specifically defined in the appended claim.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which I have shown in a perspective view the application of my invention.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter:

A designates a track adapted to be fastened at an inclination with the barn B, and upon which track a carriage C having grooved wheels D travels. Said carriage, which is of the usual construction, is provided with grooved pulleys E about which the hoisting cable F passes and which also passes about the pulleys II and I, and has a hook K fastened at one end to which the power for hoisting the hay is attached. A rope N passes over a pulley O and is spliced at one end to the rope F at the point designated by letter L and passes about a pulley R anchored to the post R and thence ex- Specification of Letters Eatent.

Application filed March 21, 1919.

Patented Feb. 10, 192a.

Serial No. 283,950.

tends to and is spliced to the cable F again at the point designated by letter T.

A hay fork S, of any im roved type, is provided with a pulley S a out which the rope F passes in the manner shown.

In operation, when it is desired to hoist the hay, the power is attached to the hook K and by pulling upon the same the fork with its load is raised until it comes in contact with the carriage frame and a further pullwill cause the carriage to move up the inclined track to the desired location where the load may be dumped in any suitable manner. As the load is drawn into the barn by pulling upon the rope F, the rope N is also drawn forward with the rope F into the barn and when the load is discharged from the hay fork, and the animal orother power which is applied to the hook K, is drawn back, a direct pull will be effected upon the rope N, which in turn will pull the larger hoisting rope F back to its starting position, thus eliminating the necessity of pulling back the heavy rope which, in a large barn, requires ordinarily two men to accomplish the same.

What I claim to be new is:

A hay loading apparatus comprising a carriage with wheels thereon, an inclined track upon which the carriage ismounted to travel, pulleys upon the carriage, a cable fastened to the carriage and passing over said pulleys, a hay fork with pulley thereon and about which the cable passes, stationary pulley over which the cable passes, and a hook secured to the end of the cable, a rope spliced into said cable intermediate the carriage and one of said stationary pulleys, a pulley mounted upon said inclined track and over which the rope passes, said rope being secured to the cable intermediate the hook and the adjacent stationary pulley over which it passes.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM J. WITT.

Witnesses:

THOS. P. HARDEs'rY, JOHN T. NELSON. 

